It is said that god created the heavens and earth,in order to look inside himself;?

Question

To see what He was.
Is the Universe a reflection of god,and are we just his own Idiosyncrasies?

I have heard this from scriptures,meida,and my own insight.

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Answer 1

And the eternal un-answered question remains who created the god creator.

Answer 2

A Confucian scholar said: "The ultimate meaning of life is found in our ordinary, human existence." According to this, people would continue to be born, struggle for 70 or 80 years, then die and be nonexistent forever. An evolutionary scientist said: "We may yearn for a 'higher' answer-but none exists." For these evolutionists, life is a struggle for survival, with death ending it all. Such philosophies present a hopeless view of life.

At the very beginning of the human family, GOD revealed his purposes toward this earth and humans upon it. (Genesis 1:26-30)

IMAGINE that you are visiting a friend's workshop. He has just finished a project, and you are fascinated by it. The object is beautifully made and intriguingly shaped. But try as you may, you cannot determine what it is for. How do you find out? Why, you simply ask yourWHERE did I come from? Why am I here? What purpose really is there in life? I wondered deeply about such questions. And somehow a saying had stuck in my mind that encouraged my search, "Keep on seeking, and you will find." friend, and he will likely be happy to tell you.
ACTS 17:24-30 The God that made the world and all the things in it, being, as this One is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples, 25 neither is he attended to by human hands as if he needed anything, because he himself gives to all [persons] life and breath and all things. 26 And he made out of one [man] every nation of men, to dwell upon the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of the dwelling of [men], 27 for them to seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. 28 For by him we have life and move and exist, even as certain ones of the poets among YOU have said, 'For we are also his progeny.'

29 "Seeing, therefore, that we are the progeny of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man. 30 True, God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent.

Answer 3

That’s true. God observes Himself everywhere He turns His attention. The Universe is the material manifestation of God’s will. Humans are consciousness units/cells within the body of God. Through our experiences God perceives His creation as He is Infinite and cannot be manifested as substance. That’s the meaning of humans been created in the image and likeness of God. Humans are gods by definition…but that’s another story one that requires a lot remembering and adjusting…

Answer 4

THE UNIVERSE IS CREATED FOR HIS GOOD PLEASURE
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And the universe was there from millions of years ago, and it will be there for many more millions of years.

And many of the people who answered before, who come here for 60-80 years, and do not have the knowledge to identify even a few leaves of grass, will howl that "there is No God".

Answer 5

What part of the scriptures did you find that in?

There will always be people debating the Bible and what it stands for. God needs no validation from man who is puny. We have to die, God don't!

Answer 6

Something like that; but idiosyncrasy, it is not !

His Divine Wisdom is pass finding out by puny men, unless and except; He reveal His secret to those pure in heart seekers and lover of Truth.

You can never by searching find God. So why don't you give up and ask HIM?

Answer 7

Well take up the challenge and list a single reliable piece of evidence confusion after confusion
Is this the hell realm

Answer 8

That is not in scripture. You may have read that in a new age leaflet but you did not get that from the bible. I would suggest throwing that other trash away and start at Genesis.

Answer 9

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

Answer 10

No one knows why God created the Heavens and earth. Only God knows why.